She also included a moving video clip captured only a few weeks before Augie passed away. It showed the puppy asleep on Portia’s lap as Ellen discussed her skincare product, Kind Science.
Ellen said at the end of the post, “I don’t care what Portia says, please don’t call me the Deal Queen.” Thank you, Augie. We love you.
Portia is known for keeping a quiet online even though she hasn’t made public comments over the death.
After Daytime Television
Since closing The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2022 after almost 20 years on broadcast, Ellen has stayed somewhat low-key. Ellen thought back on the 2020 workplace misconduct scandal.
“I have to just trust that whatever happened during that time, which was obviously very, very difficult, happened for a reason,” she said to The Hollywood Reporter.
She temporarily returned to the limelight in 2024 with a Netflix special called Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval, but Rotten Tomatoes rated it just 33%.
